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Can We Guess Your Age Based on Your Taste in Soul Food?

Ian Fortey

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About This Quiz

For a lot of people, soul food is synonymous with either food from the Deep South or simply African American cuisine. And there are definite areas of overlap there. South food was born in the south of the African American community. It's a mix of styles featuring African, European, American and more, and at the end of the day, it should be food that fills you up and makes you feel good that you ate it. A lot of people will tell you soul food needs to be made with love, and that can't be a bad way to cook.

Now if you have any passion for soul food at all, we can use that to learn a bit about you. Tell us what kind of soul food really gets your mouth watering, if you have a hunger for greens and cornbread, or sweet potato pie and black-eyed peas. Maybe you're less of a risk taker and just want to stick to some fried chicken and macaroni and cheese. Whatever kind of soul food you like, take the quiz and tell us about it. We'll dig through your answers, maybe grab a plate for ourselves while we're at it, and then make out best guess about how old you are based on your soul food favorites. Impossible? Nah, just takes some soul. Take the quiz and see!

When you feel the need to really get filled up, maybe you need some ham hocks and beans. Are you a fan?

I have not tried ham hocks.

It can be a bit heavy.

I do like a salty ham hock now and then.

Pinto beans, lima beans, it's all good!

When it comes to fried chicken, what's your favorite piece?

Crispy wings!

Thigh meat is the tastiest part of the chicken.

A juicy drumstick sounds good.

Give me the chicken breast with a little spice on it.

You can't really eat chicken without a side dish, can you? Which is the best side for a plate of fried chicken?

Mac and cheese, please!

I love grits with my chicken.

You can't have chicken without biscuits.

A nice bowl of greens adds some freshness to your chicken.

If someone's frying up some fish, what kind of fish do you want to be having?

I guess any kind is good.

Perch or mullet

I love bluegill or whiting.

Gotta be catfish!

If you're looking for something to stick to your ribs at dinner, what are you having?

Mac and Cheese

Shrimp and Grits

Hushpuppies

Smothered Pork Chops

Are you a fan of chitlins or no?

Never tried them

I have had them, but they're not my favorite.

They really need to be prepared the right way.

I'll go back for seconds.

What kind of soul food dessert is going to taste the best?

Peach Cobbler

Pecan Pie

Sweet Potato Pie

Bourbon Balls

Soul food can do wonderful things with potatoes. What potato dish is best?

Mashed potatoes

Scalloped potatoes

Smothered potatoes

Potato salad, if it's made right

Soul food gets called unhealthy a lot, but there are veggies! What kind do you think is best?

Sweet potatoes

Beans

Mustard greens

Okra

There's a lot of pork in soul food. What's your favorite way to enjoy it?

Has to be ribs!

Southern fried pork chop

Smothered pork chops

You can add ham to pretty much everything.

Is there a way of cooking pork that you're maybe not such a huge fan of?

I will not eat a pickled pig's foot.

Hog jowls are not on my list.

No chitlins for me, thanks.

Never really got into pork neck.

You can't go wrong with cobbler for dessert. What's the best kind of cobbler to try?

Blackberry is really good.

Blueberry

Apricot

Peach will always be number one.

Cornbread isn't just cornbread. What's the best kind of cornbread out there?

Just regular, baked cornbread

Hushpuppies

Johnny Cakes

Hot Water Cornbread

What's the best way to treat some oxtail?

Never tried it.

It's good in a stew.

Smothered oxtail

Some nice braised oxtail

What spice do you need to have in your kitchen to make soul food above all others?

Salt

Cayenne

Garlic

Sweet paprika

There are as many ways to make mac and cheese as there are people who want to eat it. What's the secret to delicious mac and cheese?

Grate more cheese on top

It must be baked.

Use cream instead of milk

Use several kinds of sharp cheese

"Greens" is a pretty generic term to describe a dish, especially since you can have several kinds. What greens make the best greens?

Kale

Turnip greens

Mustard greens

Collard greens

If you hot up a soul food restaurant for dinner, which of these entrées would you be tempted to order?

Beef tips and rice

Southern fried catfish

Smotheed oxtails

Neck bones

You have a lot of beans to choose from in soul food, what kind do you like best?

Green beans

Baked beans

Lima beans

Black-eyed peas

Pork and chicken are soul food superstars, but beef has its place, too. What beef dish interests you?

Good, old-fashioned meatloaf

Pan-fried cube steak

Liver and onions

Oxtails

You know soul food knows cake. What cake sounds best?

Red Velvet

Caramel Cake

Lemon Pound Cake

Butter Pound Cake

If you're in the mood for chicken but maybe not fried chicken, what would you order?

Smothered chicken

Chicken salad sandwich

Chicken and dumplings

Chicken livers

You know you can start your day with soul food, too. Which soul food breakfast would you pick?

Buttermilk pancakes

Grits

Pecan pancakes

Sweet potato pancakes

Soul food can definitely warm you up with some soup. What kind sounds best?

Chicken soup

Gumbo

Okra soup

Brunswick stew

If fried food didn't taste so good, it wouldn't be on every menu everywhere. What's the ultimate fried soul food?

Okra

Pork chops

Fish

Chicken, of course

What's the best way to treat a sweet potato?

Do candied yams count?

Sweet potato biscuit

Sweet potato cheesecake

Sweet potato pie

Rice is a staple side dish for soul food; what's the best way to prepare it?

Chicken and rice

Rice and beans

Dirty rice

Hoppin' John

Soul food salads are not always the lightest things in the world, but they're good. What's the best kind?

Is there such a thing as soul food salad?

Coleslaw

Macaroni salad

Potato salad

Soul food and corn go way back. What's the best way to have your corn?

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